Yesterday I headlined my post about this mosque bombing, “Islamophobes bomb mosque in Iran, killing 15 — no, wait…” I was, of course, being sarcastic. But now an Iranian official is essentially saying the same thing, and Jalal Sayah is serious.
“Iran official accuses US over mosque bomb,” from the BBC, May 29 (thanks to JE):
A provincial official in Iran has accused the United States of being behind Thursday’s bombing of a mosque that killed at least 19 people.
Jalal Sayah, deputy governor of Sistan-Baluchestan province, said three people had been arrested following the attack.
“According to the information we obtained they were hired by America and the agents of arrogance,” he said.
Some 60 people were hurt in the attack during evening prayers at the mosque in Sistan-Baluchestan’s capital, Zahedan….